Sep 2026
$298K
+10.4% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Columbus, IN housing market
Columbus, IN metro median sale price $298K in Sep 2026, up 10.4% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.
The median sale price in the Columbus, IN metro is $298K as of Sep 2026, up 10.4% from a year earlier. That is the 13th-largest year-over-year gain of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a smaller change, up 3.6% through Q2 2026, 6.8 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.
On median sale price, Columbus ($298K) ranks 4th of the 12 Indiana metros Pecan Street tracks, between Lafayette ($302K) and Fort Wayne ($277K). On median days on market, Columbus (42 days) ranks 11th of the 12 Indiana metros, between Elkhart (43 days) and Fort Wayne (40 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Columbus (56%) ranks 2nd of the 12 Indiana metros, between Indianapolis (57%) and Fort Wayne (54%).
Listings spent a median 42 days on market in Sep 2026, fewer than in most of the 385 metros. 56% of active listings carry a price cut, 7.3 points more than a year earlier. That share is the 12th-highest of the 385 metros. Median asking prices sit about 1% above the median sale price.
At the 7.29% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $1,632 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $70K a year. The median sale price equals about 14 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio up 5.3% from a year earlier. That ratio is lower than in most of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $172 per square foot, up 12.7% from a year earlier.
Median list prices are higher than a year earlier in one of the two ZIP codes in the table below and lower in one.
Headline
Oct 15, 2026
7.29%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,632/mo
$70K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Columbus compares to other U.S. metros
| Price cuts | ↑12th of 385 (top 4%) |
|---|---|
| Home-price growth | ↑13th of 383 (top 4%) |
| Days on market | ↓343rd of 385 |
| Asking-vs-sale gap | ↓235th of 292 |
| Price-to-rent | ↓271st of 373 |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 14 +5.3% YoY ↓271st of 373 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $172 +12.7% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 56% +7.3 pts YoY ↑12th of 385 (top 4%) |
|---|
The median asking price $300K runs about 1% above the median sale price $298K.
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, this month); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, a rolling 3-month median) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 2 shown of 8 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Sep 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
red · 6.8ppRedfin (metro) +10.4% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +3.6% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47201 | $295K↓ | 170↑ | 78↑ | 78↑ | 45↓ | $271K↑ |
| 47203 | $312K↑ | 57↑ | 34 | 40↑ | 38↓ | $289K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.